FNUS74 KLIX 240000 FWSLIX SPOT FORECAST FOR PORT FOURCHON...NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 700 PM CDT SUN MAY 23 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SYNOPSIS...AT 1900 CDT...LARGE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATED ALL OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. A IDGE AXIS WORKED SW THROUGH ACROSS THE APPLACHIANS AND INTO THE N-CNTRL GULF WITH HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATING ALL OF THE GULF. THERE IS A WEAKNESS AT THE SFC OVER GA/SRN FL/SWRN AL AND THIS HAS ALLOWED SCT SHRA AND TSRA TO DEVELOP AND WORK TOWARDS THE EXTREME NERN GULF. LOWER PRESSURE NOTED ALONG THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES. THIS IS LEADING TO A LONG FETCHED ERLY FLOW THRU FL STRAITS...ACROSS CNTRL GULF THEN TURNING TO UPPER TX/SW LA COAST. 5-6MB PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE GULF. SFC PRESSURE AT SPILL LOCATION 1016MB. .WATCH/WARNING/ADVISORY SUMMARY... ...SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK...GENRL NON SVR TSTMS MAINLY OVER LAND AREAS. ...SPC DAY2 OUTLOOK...GENRL NON SVR TSTMS MAINLY OVER LAND AREAS. .NEARBY GULF ASOS/AWOS OBSERVATIONS... ...KBVE - BOOTHVILLE-VENICE LA ASOS ...KGAO - GALLIANO LA AWOS ...KHUM - HOUMA LA AWOS ...KMDJ - MS CANYON 28.7N 89.8W ...KDLP - WEST DELTA 29.1N 89.6W METAR KBVE 232351Z AUTO 12004KT 10SM CLR 28/22 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP158 T02830222 10306 20278 56009 TSNO METAR KGAO 232343Z AUTO 12005KT CLR 30/22 A2999 RMK AO2 PWINO METAR KHUM 232350Z 14005KT 7SM SCT037 30/22 A3000 RMK LAST METAR KMDJ 232335Z AUTO 11011KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A3001 RMK A01 METAR KDLP 232335Z AUTO 13010KT 10SM CLR 29/23 A2999 RMK A01 .RADAR...AT 1845 CDT. NO PCPN WAS DETECTED OVER ANY OF THE OPERATIONS AREAS. THERE ARE A FEW SHRA OVER S-CNTRL LA BUT THESE ARE BEGINNING TO DISSIPATE AND WILL NOT AFFECT THE OPERATIONS AREAS. ANOTHER LINE OF TSRA OVER S AL AND SE ACROSS THE FL PANHANDLE AND INTO THE BIG BEND REGION CONTINUE TO WORK TO THE SW AT 12KT. THIS ACTIVITY AS WELL...IS NOT ANTICIPATED TO HAVE ANY IMPACT ON OPERATIONS. LIGHTNING IS BEING BEING DETECTED WITH THE ACTIVITY MOVING ACROSS THE FL PANHANDLE. .TIDAL INFORMATION... PSTL1 0.94 FT AT 1826 CDT STEADY...HIGH TIDE 1.89 AT 0659 CDT. GISL1 0.63 FT AT 1826 CDT RISING...HIGH TIDE 1.56 AT 0759 CDT. PTFL1 0.63 FT AT 1826 CDT STEADY...HIGH TIDE 1.54 AT 0729 CDT. CAMINADA PASS NEAR PORT FOUCHON... (MLLW FT...ASTRONOMICAL NO WEATHER INFLUENCES) 05/23/2010 SUN 06:00PM LDT 0.2 L 05/24/2010 MON 08:01AM LDT 1.0 H 06:41PM LDT 0.0 L 05/25/2010 TUE 08:25AM LDT 1.2 H 07:26PM LDT -0.2 L 05/26/2010 WED 09:01AM LDT 1.3 H 08:12PM LDT -0.3 L 05/27/2010 THU 09:43AM LDT 1.4 H 08:59PM LDT -0.3 L .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........31 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 35 43 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............84 82 81 80 79 78 78 78 78 77 77 77 RH..............72 76 78 79 80 80 80 80 78 78 76 76 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E 20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 8 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......CH CH CH CH LC LC LC LC LC LC LC LC .MONDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........43 46 41 36 36 41 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............77 79 82 83 84 84 RH..............74 76 69 68 66 65 20 FT WIND......E 4 E 4 E 4 E 4 E 4 SE 4 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......SM SM SM SM SM SM .MONDAY NIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........45 45 40 35 35 40 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............83 81 79 78 77 76 RH..............66 71 75 76 79 82 20 FT WIND......S 5 SW 5 SW 5 W 6 W 6 NW 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 SEAS............1 1 1 1 1 1 SEA STATE.......LC LC LC LC LC LC $$ FORECASTER...NWS NEW ORLEANS REQUESTED BY...TIM OSBORN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20100523.PORTF.15/LIX